my botanist

Now that I'm down the mountain, I'll use it as a small vacation.

Shao Xi stayed at his brother-in-law's house for a day, then went back to his parents' house together, and stayed with the old man for two days.

Children are always nagging in front of their parents. Now that the old couple have sufficient retirement wages, their bodies are healthy and their children are filial, the only thing that can bother them a little is Shaoxi's marriage.

Before leaving, mother even took Shaoxi's hand and said, "Let's talk about whether to get married or not. You have to enjoy life while you are young."

It made Shao Xi laugh for a while, and in the car, he and his sister-in-law passionately discussed how to enjoy life.

In the ending, the sister-in-law patted the back of Shaoxi's hand and sighed: "I really envy you, picking chrysanthemums and seeing Nanshan leisurely under the eastern fence."

Shao Chen, who was driving ahead, was unhappy: "If you want to live in the mountains, I have several houses here."

Sister-in-law curled her lips: "It sounds like you have private property."

"Yes, from the academy." Shaochen turned his head and said, "So if you live for a few months, you have to show me the results of your scientific research."

The two quarreled again, and Shaoxi smiled and sent Xiaoling a text message, telling her to pack up early and prepare to go up the mountain, so don't waste time.

- Teacher, don't worry, when have I been late, my mother brought me a lot of sauced beef and sausages, we can be isolated from the world for two months.

-Thank you, auntie, for me. I'm lucky.

Shao Xi poked his phone.

- You can call me sister, she will be happier.

Xiao Ling has been playing a bit erratically recently.

Driving back to the city, Shao Xi waited for Xiao Ling in the teacher's apartment assigned to her by the school.

There are still more than two hours before the time they agreed to go back to the mountain. Shao Xi took a book and nestled on the rocking chair on the balcony to kill time.

Near noon, the sun was getting stronger and stronger, making her drowsy.

In this half-dream and half-waking period, someone knocked on her window, not loudly, but extremely rhythmically.

"Doo doo, doo doo, doo doo, doo doo..."

Shao Xi rubbed her eyes, the book was already in her hands and she couldn't drop it, she moved her neck first, closed the book and put it aside, then turned her head to look out.

The apartment was assigned to her on the first floor, and a small garden was opened in front of the building, facing the balcony of her living room.This season is when the flowers bloom, and children often come to the garden to make trouble, picking a flower and catching a bug.

But not today, today is a big boy who has grown in stature and age, but has no temperament at all, his smile is brighter than the sun, and when he meets Shang Shaoxi's eyes, he seems to have done something great and proud.

Shao Xi raised his eyebrows, but didn't move.

Ran Xingsu shouted at her: "Long time no see, what a coincidence."

But what a coincidence, you can meet her in the garden of her home.

Shaoxi stood up, turned around and walked back, Ran Xingsu's beaming voice immediately faded: "Mr. Shao, Mr. Shao, don't go, I'm here, talk to me. It's so hot outside, I didn't even notice There are places to buy water."

Shao Xi didn't look back, but raised his hand to point her in the direction.

"I don't buy water!" Ran Xingsu shouted, "I want to drink your water!"

Shao Xi wanted to laugh, but held back, she just wanted the people outside the window to panic, so she walked slowly step by step, scrambling to the water dispenser, took out a new cup to drink water.

"Teacher Shao..." Ran Xingsu was still shouting listlessly.

Shao Xi raised the water glass in his hand.

"Hey! I'm here!" Ran Xingsu was extremely smart at this time, "I knew you were such a good person, you would definitely not leave nothing to chance. Just now you pointed me in the direction of the main entrance, I'm here, I'm here, 30 seconds!"

Where there was 30 seconds, only ten seconds, the doorbell was rang.

Shaoxi opened the door, and Ran Xingsu folded his hands in a very artificial way and bowed in front of him: "Hello, Teacher Shao."

"Hello." Shao Xi handed over the water glass in his hand.

Ran Xingsu took both hands and looked at her happily.

Shao Xi smiled.

Ran Xingsu continued to be happy.

Shao Xi continued to smile.

The corner of Ran Xingsu's mouth dropped: "Mr. Shao, you don't intend to let me in?"

"No need." Shao Xi said, "Drink water quickly, aren't you thirsty?"

"In your eyes, I'm just someone begging for water?" Ran Xingsu frowned.

"Isn't it? You said it yourself." Shao Xi's tone was gentle.

Ran Xingsu stared at her, raised his hands and raised his head, and drank a glass of water quickly.

Before she could speak, Shao Xi rushed to ask: "Do you want more?"

"I..." Ran Xingsu pursed her lips, "I want more."

Shao Xi turned around and went into the house to fetch water, and dropped a sentence by the way: "Don't come in, your shoes are dirty."

This was probably one of the few moments in Ran Xingsu's life when he was disgusted. When Shao Xi came out with the second glass of water, Ran Xingsu looked as if he was about to cry.

Shao Xi handed the cup to her, raised his chin: "Drink."

Ran Xingsu held the cup without moving, and said after a while, "I'm full."

"Then..." Shao Xi tilted his head, "Goodbye?"

"See you no more." Ran Xingsu put aside her naive attitude before, and said seriously, "I came to your house to see you. I didn't make an appointment in advance because you blocked my phone. I knocked on your window because I happened to see you By the window, the staring stare is very cute, I can't help teasing."

"Is it funny?" Shao Xi looked at her with a smile.

"It's not funny." Ran Xingsu's shoulders drooped, "I was wrong."

There is a perfunctory sincerity.

Shao Xi asked her: "Then what do you want from me?"

Ran Xingsu immediately regained his vitality: "You didn't agree to the appointment with you before. It's my fault. I didn't find the project you are interested in. Today I came here with full sincerity. Dr. Butler from the Royal Garden Society recently visited China , but you scientists, you will never forget your work wherever you go, so he brought a collection of specimens that is said to be very precious, hoping to communicate with his colleagues in China."

When Ran Xingsu said this, he deliberately stopped, staring at Shaoxi with shining eyes, thinking about her emotions.

Shao Xi couldn't see her expression, but she understood that true love cannot be concealed, just like Ran Xingsu flattering her, like her heart jumped when she heard the word specimen collection.

Ran Xingsu started to laugh triumphantly again, she handed back the glass of water in her hand to Shao Xi, lowered her head and tossed in the small bag she was carrying.

Out of the corner of Shao Xi's eyes, Shao Xi involuntarily followed him.

Ran Xingsu rummaged through a tissue and watched Shao Xi wipe his hands carefully.

Shao Xi almost couldn't help rolling her eyes.

After Ran Xingsu wiped his hands, he flipped through it again, and this time he finally found a blue envelope with a string of beautiful cursive English written on it.

Holding the letter and bowing, Ran Xingsu was a gentleman: "Ms. Shao, this is an invitation letter written by Mr. Butler himself."

Shao Xi couldn't refuse this time.

After getting into Ran Xingsu's car, Shao Xi sent a message to Xiao Ling, asking her to come to her apartment first.

Ran Xingsu turned his head to glance, and immediately raised his hand and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't do it on purpose. I have good eyesight, so I just saw it."

"Can't you pretend you didn't see it?" Shao Xi stuffed the phone back into his pocket.

"Because I want to tell you that the tea party will not last long and will not delay your original itinerary."

"Do you know my original itinerary?" Shao Xi looked at her.

"I'm sorry." Ran Xingsu didn't dare to look at her, and looked straight ahead, "I...see you, just by the way... I know."

"Then you really worked hard." Shao Xi was a little dissatisfied with her behavior, "Can you stop apologizing to me in the future?"

These words have different meanings in different contexts.

The meaning at the moment is very serious, which is equivalent to whether you can stop doing things that are sorry to me.

Ran Xingsu pursed her lips, but did not answer. After a while, she said, "The sun is a bit bright."

Shao Xi looked out of the window, the sun was a bit strong this time.

Ran Xingsu took out a pair of sunglasses and put them on, the car accelerated.

This is extremely easy to remind Shao Xi of the scene when the two met for the first time, and he will be in a trance for a moment.

This is only their second meeting.

This time, Ran Xingsu was not wearing a bathrobe and a towel. She was well-dressed, with ripped jeans and a white long shirt, perfectly curled clavicle hair, and red lipstick just dipped on the glass when she drank water at the door of her house. along.

A proud child of heaven, a girl who wants the wind and the rain.

Shao Xi asked her, "How do you know about Dr. Butler?"

Ran Xingsu said: "No matter how far away the field is, as long as you have the heart, you will always know each other."

Shao Xi smiled: "For you, it is true."

After that, Shao Xi didn't speak any more, and Ran Xingsu also kept quiet.

Not many people were invited to the tea party temporarily held by Dr. Butler, but they were all well-known in the domestic circle.

Shao Xi is young and has no excess desire to express, so he will not be the center of the tea party.

She came to look at the specimens, and most of the time she waited quietly, and a small part of the time she echoed a few compliments, exchanged two questions, and left the rest to her eyes.

Those precious plants, precious history, and dried life and time are worth engraving in her mind.

Her purpose is pure, she looks carefully, even if she is really reluctant to leave when she leaves, it is completely worthwhile for her trip.

So when I went out and saw Ran Xingsu who had been waiting outside, I felt a little grateful.

The attitude became much better, and Shao Xi walked over to her and asked, "Have you been here all this time?"

"Well, read a book." Ran Xingsu threw away the magazine in his hand and said, "I'll take you back."

"Okay." Shao Xi followed her, remained silent for a while, and said, "Today's opportunity is rare, thank you."

"You're welcome." Ran Xingsu looked at her, and the light in his eyes lit up again, "I just don't know if there will be a chance in the future..."

Shao Xi interrupted her words: "This kind of opportunity cannot happen often."

Still refused decisively.

Ran Xingsu put on sunglasses again, and played music in the car on the way back to alleviate the embarrassment of silence between the two of them.

When the car arrived in front of the apartment building, Xiao Ling ran out of the house, yelling repeatedly: "Wow..."

Shaoxi closed the car door and asked her, "Wow what?"

"This car," Xiao Ling stared at with sparkling eyes, "it's too beautiful, I've only seen it on TV, this canopy can be put away, oh, my God..."

"Yes." Ran Xingsu got off the driver's seat and said to her with a smile, "The weather is nice today, do you want to go for a drive with my sister?"

"Ah..." Xiao Ling stared at Ran Xingsu with almost demented eyes, "Where did this fairy sister come from?"

Shao Xi took a step back and watched, Ran Xingsu was really happy to be praised so much, took off his sunglasses and held them in his fingers, and put the door on the car door, smiling coquettishly and unrestrainedly.

"Sister Immortal who came here with your Teacher Shao."

"Sure enough, gods know only gods." Xiao Ling could speak.

"I like this younger sister." Ran Xingsu came over and put his hand on Xiaoling's shoulder, "Mr. Shao, don't you want to introduce me?"

"My name is Chen Ling." Xiao Ling was very proactive, "I am a graduate student under our teacher Shao, majoring in plant ecology."

"Teacher Shao?" Ran Xingsu didn't intend to be so proactive, and stared straight at Shao Xi.

Shao Xi smiled and said, "This is Ran Xingsu, the elder sister of Mr. Ran whom I went on a blind date that day."

"Ah..." Xiao Ling was stunned.

The smile on Ran Xingsu's face froze for a second before disappearing.

"I still need to pack my things, so I'll go in first." Shao Xi raised her hand, turned and walked towards the apartment.

Ran Xingsu opened his mouth, his voice was not too loud, just enough for Shaoxi to hear: "Sister Linger, can I add your WeChat ID? It's okay to ask you to go for a ride."

"Yes... yes." Xiao Ling hesitated for half a second.

Shao Xi frowned: "If you don't leave, it will be dark."